Double-plus-good

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Excellent; very good. not-comparable

    "For someone like myself who loves the MINISTRY album Mind... this new album is double plus good!"

Example

More examples

"For someone like myself who loves the MINISTRY album Mind... this new album is double plus good!"

Etymology

Coined by British writer and journalist George Orwell in 1949 as part of the Newspeak in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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